Life Lessons From the Potty

Nov 7, 2012 by

I am a proud mama. My daughter has been using the potty pretty successfully all week. It’s amazing she got to this point seeing as I’ve been a little inconsistent with her training regimen. It was easier for me to keep my child in diapers during the week and save potty training for evenings, days-off, and the weekends. Confusing for a toddler, I know. I feel a little bit of working-mom guilt for doing so. We had lots of accidents around the house over the course of a few months of “trial potty-training,” as I liked to call it. BUT, with patience, good timing, and the help of my child’s caregivers, we finally found a rhythm to this potty training business.  Read more...

What’s Been Going On With Me.

Apr 18, 2012 by

Not that I think I have a massive readership going yet on this blog, but since I haven’t been able to post for a while, here is what I have been up to recently:

1) After a painful final month at work, I am now out on maternity leave for 16 weeks, effective this week. I’m not due until May 28, but the stress and physical discomfort was getting to be too much for me. I also had a meltdown in the office, complete with crying on the bathroom floor and everything. From a distance, I saw myself struggling and it took much, much too long for me to be convinced that it was time to stop before an emergency happened.  Read more...